No ICE in London from 2025 as show set to move to Barcelona

[dunover]

A touch of xenophobia here?

What? Half the post is pointing out the foolishness of Arselona, the other half is bemoaning the fact that HOLLAND (a foreign country too!) is going to miss out which is a bit unfair on them.

 

[dunover]

Who cares where the event is held?
On a completely different note, have you heard this great Swedish song?



Edit: for balance, there are actually nice songs about London aswell.

Maybe many thousands of those whom actually attend the event? (or now 'used' to attend it.)

There have been dreadful songs about both those cities.

From that awful operatic dirge 'Baaaarrcelonaaaa' (duetting with that big woman?) that Fred Mercury did back in the 1990's, to possibly the worst chart song ever recorded outside of Robson & Jerome or New Kids on the Block, which was by some duo called 'London Boys' who fortunately for us were based in Germany. The worst duo since Milli Vanilli, vomit-inducing. I found a YT link (notice only 5k hits whereas most official chart songs get millions and you'll see the reason why.)

 

[Casinomeister]

By the way, did you escape the African toms? They're pretty fast runners usually, you'd have had to get those knees pumping...

All the details are here. LOL

I also have a sit down meeting with Montel Williams
2008 Newsletter

 

[dunover]

All the details are here. LOL

I also have a sit down meeting with Montel Williams
2008 Newsletter

Were they his hookers??

 

[maxd]

Were they his hookers??

The full story is included in the most recent Vault post: Barcelona 2008 : helpful cabbies, aggressive hookers and meeting famous people - Casinomeister Forum .

 

[OliverCooper]

Actually, it is mainly. Yes, warmer than London but it certainly isn't all sunshine and dry at that time of the year. It's a city pretty much geared up to the warmer seasons.
P.S. Maybe I've been lucky in the years I've attended London, but I counted 27 days and nights over last 10 years, of which I've seen rain on two. Most times the weather has been dry and settled, mainly sunny, but yes a bit cold too.

Average annual rainfall:

London 585mm with 107 wet days
Barcelona 640mm with 55 wet days
Madrid 465 mm with 63 wet days
Paris 650mm with 110 wet days
Amsterdam 760mm with 200 wet days

Yet, even so, it doesn't rain that much in London. According to the Met Office Climate data, over the 30 year period, there were 106.5 days of rainfall per year on average (which counts as a day in which 1mm of rainfall or over fell). This means that there was rainfall on 29 per cent of days per year and on average it didn’t rain 71 per cent of days per year. Average rainfall is 557.4mm with 1410 "sunshine hours."

There are more rainy days in Miami (at 135) and Orlando, Florida (117) than there are in London. New York City clocks in at 122 days and 1,268mm of rain. Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, and Mexico City all have more rainy days on average in any given year than London.

In fact, of all Northen European capitals including Brussles, Oslo, Copenhagen etc. London is the driest and has least rainy days per year. Stockholm is about as dry but has far more wet days. The foulest place in Europe is Bergen, Norway which is wettest by a huge margin in Europe and has rain/precipitation on nearly 2/3 days.

P.P.S. Admittedly, after a series of hot dry summers and regular droughts, the UK in 2023 is in the middle of its vilest, worst summer in decades. After a good June, the 'Omega' weather pattern has been fixed in place over the Atlantic for the last 6 weeks now, meaning New England and Nova Scotia on the east of North America, Iceland, The UK and most of Northern Europe are having little sunshine and lots of grey skies and rain, here it's 2-3 times more than usual, in Northern Ireland and NW Egland the wettest July ever. We are having the kind of summer that if you experienced just once in your younger years would make you determined later in life to have an annual holiday in Spain, Greece etc. and never consider one in the UK.

It's more like a fairy tale - dry weather in London

 

[dunover]

It's more like a fairy tale - dry weather in London

But apparently less rainy days a year than Sydney!

 

[gonzo fonso]

Will have to make ICE again in February all those bags for life I was given inside excel come in handy

 

[dunover]

Will have to make ICE again in February all those bags for life I was given inside excel come in handy

I have about 6-8 of the bastards stored under the sink.

 

[gonzo fonso]

I have about 6-8 of the bastards stored under the sink.

 

[TheAddict]

Speaking of crime in Espana, last time I was in Almeria, witnessed a young dude chatting up 2 women at 1am while I was wobbling back to the (ex) gf's house, watched as the dude then grabbed one of their bags just as a car turned into the road, to then jump head first into the window of the moving car. Felt for the poor woman.

 

[OliverCooper]

But apparently less rainy days a year than Sydney!

And here you are (to my great regret) right

 

[dunover]